The Ferrari 308 GTS became famously recognized from 1980 to 1988 as the red sports car driven around Oahu, Hawaii by private detective Thomas Magnum, played by Tom Selleck, in the popular TV series “Magnum, P.I.”. Few people actually know that the Ferrari 308 GTB “Berlinetta” coupe debuted five years earlier at the 1975 Paris Motor Show while the GTS ...

Porsche AG officially celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Porsche 911 Turbo in 2024, counting from its unveiling at the Paris Auto Show in October 1974, where it was introduced simply as the Porsche Turbo as a 1975 model. European sales actually started in early 1975, thus 2025 marks five decades that the has been available to the motoring public. Known ...

During Enzo Ferrari’s tenure at the sports car company that bears his name, it was a well-known fact that he prioritized race cars over production models. The Ferrari sports cars that were sold to well-healed customers were just a means to an end – Ferrari car sales financed the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix race team. It has been documented that ...

I’m always on the lookout for a 1965 Volkswagen Beetle because I’ve always wanted to have a Bug that was made on the same year I was born. I nearly bought one back in 1988 but my dad didn’t approve of the red Beetle that I found. Thus, I’m always surfing online ads for these bug-eyed Bugs, even though I’m ...

At the PGA World of Supercars event held at the SMX Convention Center sometime in 2015, a beautiful Guards Red 1965 Porsche 912 (Type 901) caught my eye, and, I guess, everyone else’s eyes. The vintage German sport coupe is owned by Prudential Guarantee & Assurance Chairman and CEO Robert Coyiuto, Jr., who graciously allowed me to take a closer ...

If you know what this vintage British sports car is, then you’re more of a car nut than we are. We were happily daydreaming while browsing our favorite foreign vintage sports car website when we came upon this eye-catching 1965 Ashley Sportiva in Soesterberg, Netherlands that was being sold for 22.950 Euros or about US $27,700, which converts to around ...

In 2000, Roland Gumpert, the former president of Audi Sport, proposed a new generation of sports cars. He wanted to create a sports car that is street-legal yet ready for the racetrack. Gumpert was approached by automobile designer Roland Mayer to assist in building a prototype sports car. Audi allowed Gumpert to get involved in the project, on the condition ...

(Editor’s Note: This story was first published in the Man Cave section of Power Wheels Magazine Volume 2 Issue 6.) I was a college student when I saw my first Porsche 911 in 1988. It was a silver 930 Turbo with a whale tail that a student borrowed from his dad. I was a bit disappointed when I heard the air-cooled ...

Among the Lamborghini supercars, the 1974-1990 Countach is undeniably the most recognizable and most iconic model. A sinister-black early Lamborghini Countach with white leather interior from the Alpine stereo posters and magazine ads graced the walls of many car enthusiasts’ rooms in the 1980s. And if the Italian supercar’s space age design, swing-up doors and outrageous power outputs (for its ...

At first glance, this vintage Mercedes-Benz looks like either a mint well-preserved 1970 280SE 2-door coupe or a meticulously restored one. From the outside, the car seems to be what it’s supposed to be. There’s the elegant W111 coupe shape and twin stacked headlamps that has the car often mistaken for the Paul Bracq-designed W108. There’s an abundance of chrome ...